The following is a list of children's programs formerly distributed to public television stations (including PBS affiliates) through American Public Television. There is a separate list for current, upcoming and unreleased programming.
Title | Premiere date | End date | Supplier(s) | Note(s) | Source(s) |
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Misterogers' Neighborhood | 1966 | 1968 | WQED-TV | ||
Hodgepodge Lodge | 1970 | 1984 | [1] [2] | ||
The Adventures of Coslo | September 23, 1972 | July 25, 1977 | WTTW | [3] [4] | |
Mulligan Stew | January 21, 1973 | May 17, 1987 | [5] [6] | ||
The Letter People | April 4, 1974 | April 8, 1994 | KETC-TV | [7] [8] [9] | |
Jellybean Junction | September 22, 1974 | September 26, 1982 | [10] [11] [12] | ||
Mundo Real | November 7, 1975 | October 24, 1993 | [13] [14] [15] | ||
Magic Pages | August 22, 1976 | May 28, 1990 | KLVX | [16] [17] | |
Dragons, Wagons & Wax | September 17, 1977 | 1996 | [18] [19] [20] | ||
Size Small | November 28, 1982 | August 30, 1996 | [21] [22] [23] | ||
Harriet's Magic Hats | September 27, 1983 | November 13, 1999 | [24] [25] | ||
The Secret City | August 30, 1985 | March 14, 1993 | [26] [27] | ||
A Musical Encounter | September 7, 1985 | 1995 | [28] [29] | ||
Tomes & Talismans | August 31, 1986 | 1996 | [30] [31] [32] | ||
Captain Kangaroo | September 1, 1986 | 1992 | Interregional Program Service | ||
Storylords | September 7, 1986 | 1998 | [33] [34] [35] | ||
Saludos | May 24, 1987 | April 27, 1997 | [36] [37] | ||
Alles Gute | September 10, 1989 | July 31, 1999 | [38] [39] [40] | ||
Practical Parenting | November 3, 1989 | January 14, 2001 | [41] [42] [43] | ||
The Wind in the Willows | September 16, 1990 | 1993 | [44] [45] | ||
Math Vantage | February 5, 1993 | 1998 | [46] [47] | ||
You Can Choose! | May 24, 1993 | December 15, 1993 | [48] [49] | ||
Gerbert | June 1, 1993 | August 31, 1997 | [50] [51] | ||
Whirligig! | July 2, 1993 | February 12, 1995 | [52] [53] | ||
The Story of Read-Alee Deed-Alee | October 2, 1993 | 1999 | [54] [55] [56] | ||
Shamu TV | November 12, 1993 | 1996 | [57] [58] [59] | ||
Beyond the Front Page | November 20, 1993 | November 19, 2000 | [60] [61] | ||
Jack Houston's ImagineLand | January 15, 1994 | July 30, 2000 | [62] [63] | ||
Pappyland | February 13, 1994 | September 3, 1999 | [64] [65] | ||
The Kidsongs Television Show | April 4, 1994 | June 30, 2001 | WTTW | [66] | |
The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon | September 18, 1994 | September 5, 1999 | WEDU | ||
The Huggabug Club | January 2, 1995 | July 28, 2000 | WEDU | ||
The Big Comfy Couch | January 9, 1995 | April 30, 2009 | Hollywood Ventures Corporation / WITF (1995–2002) Nashville Public Television (2002–09) Tadpole Kids (2002–05) Amity Entertainment (2005–09) | [67] | |
Preschool Power | March 18, 1995 | December 5, 1999 | [68] [69] | ||
The Shelly T. Turtle Show | June 23, 1995 | January 30, 1998 | [70] [71] [72] | ||
Images of Nature | August 30, 1995 | August 8, 1998 | [73] [74] | ||
The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon | November 4, 1995 | December 27, 1997 | WEDU | ||
Get Real! | March 1, 1995 | March 31, 1997 | PBS Wisconsin | [75] [76] [77] | |
Bloopy's Buddies | January 6, 1996 | 1998 | KPBS | ||
The Reppies | April 7, 1996 | April 11, 1999 | WEDU | [78] [79] | |
Animal Tales | July 1, 1996 | June 30, 1998 | [80] [81] | ||
Crossroads Café | September 6, 1996 | 2000 | [82] [83] | ||
Cave Kids | September 29, 1996 | September 12, 1999 | Turner Entertainment Co. (1996) Warner Bros. Television (1996–99) APS | [84] [85] | |
Follow the Money | July 6, 1997 | December 31, 1997 | [86] | ||
Great Minds of Business | August 3, 1997 | January 7, 2000 | [87] [88] | ||
Zoobilee Zoo | August 29, 1997 | February 6, 2000 | SFM Entertainment / WQED-TV | Distributed by PBS from 1988 to 1992 | [89] [90] [91] |
Groundling Marsh | September 1, 1997 | December 31, 2000 | [92] | ||
The Slow Norris | November 8, 1997 | August 27, 2000 | Hollywood Ventures Corporation / APT | [93] [94] | |
Backyard Safari | November 9, 1997 | September 28, 1999 | [95] | ||
Salty's Lighthouse | December 6, 1997 | 1998 | [96] | ||
Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood | March 15, 1998 | December 31, 2001 | [97] [98] [99] | ||
Skinnamarink TV | May 3, 1998 | 1999 | [100] [101] | ||
Someday School | June 1, 1998 | May 31, 2001 | Hollywood Ventures Corporation / APT | [102] [103] | |
Salsa | May 31, 2000 | Hollywood Ventures Corporation / Georgia Public Broadcasting | [104] [105] | ||
Reading Allowed | June 7, 1998 | August 29, 2001 | [106] [107] [108] | ||
Once Upon a Tree | October 5, 1998 | 2000 | [109] [110] | ||
The Adventures of Elmer & Friends | December 27, 1998 | May 22, 1999 | [111] [112] | ||
Adventures with Kanga Roddy | April 4, 1999 | March 4, 2001 | KTEH/San Jose | [113] | |
Wish*A*Roo Park | June 6, 1999 | June 5, 2001 | WVIZ | [114] | |
Hello Mrs. Cherrywinkle | July 4, 1999 | July 3, 2001 | Time Life Kids / APT | [115] | |
Popular Mechanics for Kids | January 1, 2000 | December 31, 2000 | [116] [117] | ||
The Dooley and Pals Show | April 2, 2000 | April 1, 2003 | SCETV | [118] [119] | |
Alef...Bet...Blast-Off! | September 3, 2000 | September 2, 2009 | Jewish Television Network / APT | [120] | |
Brian Jacques' Redwall | April 1, 2001 | April 6, 2006 | Nelvana / APT | [121] [122] [123] | |
The Toy Castle | April 6, 2003 | April 5, 2010 | Sound Venture International / Detroit Public Television | [124] | |
Real Wheels | September 7, 2003 | September 6, 2010 | KSPS | [125] [126] | |
Mustard Pancakes | July 1, 2005 | April 7, 2008 | Oregon Public Broadcasting | [127] [128] [129] | |
Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld | September 4, 2005 | September 6, 2020 | Deos Animation Studios / APT | [130] | |
Kid Fitness | March 31, 2010 | Pro Image Studios / WQED-TV | [131] [132] | ||
Danger Rangers | September 5, 2005 | December 26, 2006 | [133] | ||
The Zula Patrol | September 10, 2005 | August 31, 2022 | UNC-TV | [134] [129] | |
My Bedbugs | October 2, 2005 | October 1, 2009 | Greenestuff, Inc. / Detroit Public Television | [135] | |
Signing Time! | January 1, 2006 | September 30, 2008 | Two Little Hands Productions / APT | [136] [133] | |
The Saddle Club | September 3, 2006 | September 6, 2012 | Connecticut Public Television | [137] | |
Sheira & Loli's Dittydoodle Works | May 5, 2010 | WLIW | [138] [139] | ||
SeeMore's Playhouse | September 10, 2006 | November 2, 2009 | Safety 4 Kids, LLC Connecticut Public Television (2006–07) Oregon Public Broadcasting (2007–09) | [140] [141] | |
Peep and the Big Wide World | April 1, 2007 | January 3, 2018 | WGBH-TV | Distributed by PBS Kids 24/7 from 2018 to 2021 | [142] [143] [144] |
Jim Knox's Wild Zoofari | September 2, 2007 | September 1, 2010 | Jim Knox's Wild Zoofari / Rhode Island PBS | [144] [145] | |
Raggs | February 4, 2008 | February 1, 2014 | KQED-TV | [146] | |
Wunderkind Little Amadeus | September 7, 2008 | September 6, 2020 | Little Amadeus Realisierungs / APT | [147] | |
Big Green Rabbit | October 5, 2008 | October 4, 2011 | Big Green Company, Inc. / Rocky Mountain PBS | [148] [149] | |
Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series | April 5, 2010 | April 4, 2015 | APT | Distributed by PBS Kids from 2001 to 2005 | [150] [151] |
Wild Animal Baby Explorers | October 1, 2010 | January 7, 2014 | WETA | Planned to be nature & science genre | [152] [153] |
Bali | September 1, 2013 | August 31, 2021 | WGBH-TV | [154] | |
Space Racers | May 2, 2014 | October 31, 2016 | Maryland Public Television | [155] [156] [157] | |
Thomas Edison's Secret Lab | September 7, 2015 | September 6, 2020 | Georgia Public Broadcasting | [158] | |
Bug Bites | January 4, 2016 | January 3, 2019 | APT | [159] | |
Ruby's Studio | January 7, 2016 | January 6, 2022 | The Mother Company / WQED-TV | [160] [161] [162] | |
Mack & Moxy | February 5, 2016 | February 16, 2020 | Georgia Public Broadcasting | [163] | |
Young Voices for the Planet | April 1, 2016 | March 31, 2019 | [164] [160] [165] |
Title | Premiere date | End date | Supplier(s) | Note(s) | Source(s) |
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Kids Love Trains | December 1, 1994 | December 31, 1996 | Atlas Video / APS | [166] | |
Bernard and the Genie | December 3, 1995 | December 31, 1997 | BBC Worldwide Ltd / APT | Originally holiday genre | [167] [168] |
December 1, 2002 | March 31, 2004 | [169] [170] [171] | |||
Davy Jones' Locker | November 1, 1997 | January 1, 2002 | Children's Video Theater Double Eagle Entertainment Jacoby Entertainment Ltd. APT | [172] | |
November 1, 2018 | October 31, 2020 | ||||
Barney's Great Adventure | October 1, 2000 | March 31, 2001 | Studios USA / APT | [173] | |
Brian Jacques' The Redwall Movie | November 18, 2001 | November 17, 2005 | Nelvana / APT | [174] | |
VeggieTales: The Star of Christmas | December 23, 2002 | December 31, 2002 | Big Idea Entertainment / APT | [175] | |
November 27, 2005 | December 31, 2006 | [176] | |||
Kid Concoctions | June 1, 2003 | May 31, 2006 | UNC-TV | [177] | |
BrainFood | August 31, 2003 | August 30, 2009 | WQED-TV | [178] | |
A Very Wompkee Christmas | November 22, 2003 | November 21, 2004 | Wompkee LLC / APT | [179] | |
Kids, Cash & Common Sense | February 1, 2004 | January 31, 2016 | KVIE | [180] | |
Baby Animals and Their Fuzzy Friends | February 28, 2004 | February 27, 2007 | KQED-TV | [181] | |
VeggieTales: Duke and the Great Pie War | April 1, 2005 | September 30, 2006 | Big Idea Entertainment / APT | [182] | |
Kid Concoctions 2 | November 20, 2005 | November 19, 2011 | UNC-TV | [183] | |
Chanukah Stories | December 1, 2005 | November 30, 2013 | Jewish Television Network / APT | [184] | |
Cricket on the Hearth | November 19, 2006 | November 18, 2012 | Classic Media / APT | [185] | |
Signing Time! Special Edition: Leah's Farm & The Great Outdoors | February 17, 2007 | September 30, 2008 | Two Little Hands Productions / APT | [186] | |
Greatest Kid Concoctions | November 18, 2007 | November 17, 2009 | Time Life / KPBS | [187] | |
Heidi 4 Paws: A Furry Tale | November 23, 2008 | December 31, 2010 | WTTW | [188] [189] | |
Science Mission 101 | February 1, 2010 | January 31, 2022 | WQED-TV | [190] | |
Scientastic! | April 2, 2014 | April 1, 2017 | WQED-TV | [191] | |
Lost Treasure Hunt | October 1, 2014 | March 31, 2021 | KRCB | [192] |